I (dis)like you (Human AU: Office rivalry)

Chapter 6

After both of their shifts ended, the two clocked out from their phones and headed out to the lobby area.

Where Waylon would be waiting for Ryder.

Along with the many moments of their time together that will soon come after for the two of them.

"Hey. Thanks for waiting for me." Ryder said with a smile while walking to him.

"No problem. What place sounds good to you?"  Waylon asked curiously.

"Hmm. How anywhere that can really serve a good cup of coffee." Ryder suggested.

"Sure. I think I might know where that would be." Waylon replied with a smile as the two head over to his car and drove on over to a familiar place known as Cafe-Flor.

After they got out of the car, Ryder immediately recognized the place and gasped.

"Gasp! No way! You go to this one too?!" Ryder asked in utter surprise.

"Yep. Every morning. Although, I could have sworn, that this place would have been the first time that we meet instead of the backstreet section that we somehow both also took on the way to our work." Waylon hypothesized.

"I know right?! How come I didn't get to see you here?" Ryder asked, curiously.

"I guess we must have just passed by each other." Waylon suggested with a smile.

"Yeah..." Ryder replied softly as the two looked at each other for a small moment before Waylon suddenly formed a gloomy expression on his face and tugged onto his own arm, anxiously.

Thinking about how much of a jerk he's been when they first met.

And wondered if he could take any of it back.

"Look....I never got a chance to say this to you earlier but, I'm sorry." Waylon spoke softly.

"For what?" Ryder asked, curiously.

"For... making you feel like you were just a clueless idiot, who didn't know how to do anything." Waylon said rubbing his neck, guilty.

"Oh pfft. That's nothing. I was just being a little overdramatic, that's all." Ryder said wavering it off like it's nothing.

"I mean it. You're a very talented hard worker and if anything, you would be better off with leader position than me." Waylon said, sadly.

"No way! You've worked hard on this promotion too. You should have at least have a shot at it. You deserve it just as much as anybody does." Ryder encouraged on with his eyes, that somehow have shone brightly in a sparkling light blue color and a smile that formed like a fresh bloomed flower.

Which instantly hit Waylon with this odd but nostalgic feeling of his heart beating lightly like a small drum.

Before realizing his face was also getting warm from some of the blushing in the process!

"*Ahem! Anyways, let's head inside before the line starts getting too long." Waylon spoke quickly before opening the door while Ryder raised an eyebrow in confusion by his reaction.

After they ordered their coffee, the two then sat down at outside table.

Where the night winds of New York City cool down in swift breezes. 

"So, um....how the project coming along so far?" Waylon asked curiously while sipping lightly on his coffee.

"It's good. I'm just stuck on the theme of it, that's all. What about you?" Ryder replied before holding onto his coffee in an attempt to heat his hands from the chilly weather.